Boston's lead in the AL East was sliced to 1 1/2 games Wednesday as the Blue Jays finished a sweep in Toronto. Clay Buchholz was lifted after 4 2/3 innings in his first start since his no-hitter. J.D. Drew homered, but Jonathan Papelbon allowed a grand slam to Russ Adams in the eighth inning.

The Blue Jays embraced the spoiler role again on Wednesday at Rogers Centre, completing a sweep of the first-place Red Sox. Jesse Litsch continued Toronto's run of strong starting pitching, and Russ Adams put the game away with a grand slam off All-Star closer Jonathan Papelbon.